Forced abortions. Mass sterilization. A "Planetary Regime" with the power of life and death over American citizens.

The tyrannical fantasies of a madman? Or merely the opinions of the person now in control of science policy in the United States? Or both?

These ideas (among many other equally horrifying recommendations) were put forth by John Holdren, whom Barack Obama has recently appointed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology -- informally known as the United States' Science Czar. In a book Holdren co-authored in 1977, the man now firmly in control of science policy in this country wrote that:

 Women could be forced to abort their pregnancies, whether they wanted to or not;  The population at large could be sterilized by infertility drugs intentionally put into the nation's drinking water or in food;  Single mothers and teen mothers should have their babies seized from them against their will and given away to other couples to raise;  People who "contribute to social deterioration" (i.e. undesirables) "can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility" -- in other words, be compelled to have abortions or be sterilized.  A transnational "Planetary Regime" should assume control of the global economy and also dictate the most intimate details of Americans' lives -- using an armed international police force.

Impossible, you say? That must be an exaggeration or a hoax. No one in their right mind would say such things.

Well, I hate to break the news to you, but it is no hoax, no exaggeration. John Holdren really did say those things, and this report contains the proof...

The problem is not with the “nuts” at the top of the palm tree, but the monkeys at the bottom who absolutely refuse to believe these things. They believe they are “made-up” stories to scare good Democrats and left of center Independents away from voting for their candidates and supporting their programs. No amount of telling, showing, or proof is enough — their minds are made up. We can easily deal with the “nuts” if the monkeys weren't so addicted to them.

Hate to rain on his parade, but if i have to get wiped out, im not sure i really care what becomes of the planet. It’s here for me to live on and use. Not much point in “saving” the planet if people have to die.

Thats like saying the lifeboat was perfect till the people climbed in. The lifeboat has no reason to exist except for people.

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posted on 04/07/2010 11:53:23 AM PDT
by DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)

The problem with liberals is that they see science fiction writing as based in fact. This drivel has appeared in many science fiction article and books throughout the years as has many of the Liberals other ideas like speed of light travel, teleportation, UFOs, endless solar energy, endless wind energy, cheap fuel cells that escape the laws of thermodynamics, and other things like you see in movies.

I am a scientist (ha ha) and my research shows that human fertility declines in periods of excessive climate heat.

I have observed and documented that more pregnancies occur in brutal winters, where close proximity to persons, occasioned by the need for warmth, and by extension; if exposed to a warm body of the opposite sex such heating up leads to copulation and population.

The problem is not with the nuts at the top of the palm tree, but the monkeys at the bottom who absolutely refuse to believe these things. They believe they are made-up stories to scare good Democrats and left of center Independents away from voting for their candidates and supporting their programs. No amount of telling, showing, or proof is enough  their minds are made up. We can easily deal with the nuts if the monkeys weren't so addicted to them.

Hate to rain on his parade, but if i have to get wiped out, im not sure i really care what becomes of the planet. Its here for me to live on and use. Not much point in saving the planet if people have to die.

Thats like saying the lifeboat was perfect till the people climbed in. The lifeboat has no reason to exist except for people.

Anyone (other than a left-wing nut case) who has seriously studied “overpopulation” has concluded that it results from better health care — fewer children die in infancy, fewer women die from complications from childbirth, many illnesses are controlled by vaccination and sanitary practices, diseases of middle age are now treatable, and so on. So the answer is simple — destroy the health care system!

. . . already in progress . . . .

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posted on 04/08/2010 9:33:14 AM PDT
by jay1949
(Work is the curse of the blogging class)

 Women could be forced to abort their pregnancies, whether they wanted to or not;  The population at large could be sterilized by infertility drugs intentionally put into the nation's drinking water or in food;  Single mothers and teen mothers should have their babies seized from them against their will and given away to other couples to raise;  People who "contribute to social deterioration" (i.e. undesirables) "can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility" -- in other words, be compelled to have abortions or be sterilized.  A transnational "Planetary Regime" should assume control of the global economy and also dictate the most intimate details of Americans' lives -- using an armed international police force.

This is what you get when you cross German Nazism with Chinese Communism. The worst of both worlds.

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